Parents often ask “How do I support my child with spelling at home?”. It can be quite tricky to think of engaging ways to help your child to learn spelling words, which ultimately supports and improves their writing skills.
Firstly, we find the following “Spelling Menu” to offer a nice variety of activities to practise spelling words:
The Parent Club website also offers advice and games for supporting spelling.
https://www.parentclub.scot/articles/how-help-kids-their-spelling-homework
To add some variety and engagement, technology can also be used for spelling practice. The Spelling Frame website (https://spellingframe.co.uk/) allows you to input a list of spelling words which it will then create a range of games with. Our Lady’s also currently have a Sumdog Spelling subscription for P3 – P7 pupils. Pupils should log into www.sumdog.com with their log-in details to access the spelling games. Please speak to your child’s class teacher if your child requires a reminder of their log-in details.
When looking at spelling, it is essential that your child does not copy the word. This does not help them to learn to spell the word as children look at individual letters, rather than remembering what the word looked like.
They should :
- Look at the word
- Say the word
- Cover the word
- Write the word
- Check the word. Is it correct?
This ensures children have to think about the word. This process means that they are more likely to remember it.
